Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विप्राणामिह दृश्यंते धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम् । नूनं ते च समायाता नृपेणोक्तं ममाग्रतः

Transliteration

viprāṇāmiha dṛśyaṃte dharmāraṇyanivāsinām | nūnaṃ te ca samāyātā nṛpeṇoktaṃ mamāgrataḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ ധർമാരണ്യനിവാസികളായ ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ കാണുന്നു. തീർച്ചയായും അവർ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു—രാജാവ് എന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെ.

Word by Word

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Present, 3rd person, Plural, Atmanepada; passive: ‘are seen’)

• धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम्: of the residents of Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्यनिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मारण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘धर्मारण्ये निवसन्ति ये’ (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Avyaya (Discourse/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle/adverb: ‘surely’)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• समायाताः: have arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘arrived/come together’

• नृपेण: by the king
• नृपेण: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said’ (PPP)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular; ‘my’)

• अग्रतः: before/in front (of me)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb: ‘in front/before’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration within the Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas with matted hair or neatly tied śikhā, carrying kamaṇḍalu and palm-leaf manuscripts, is recognized in the distance; the speaker points them out with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• Dharmāraṇya
• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor toward kṣetra-vāsin brāhmaṇas and holy residents is part of tīrtha-dharma and sustains the sanctity of the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya itself is foregrounded as a sacred residence of vipras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes recognition of the holy community of the kṣetra.